Russian theme park ride has an unexpected twist

Just watching this theme park ride (above) at Divo Ostrov amusement park in St Petersburg, Russia, is a stomach-churning experience - and one that will add fuel to the growing debate that theme park rides are going too far to produce that "thrill".

It's all the more scary when you consider that the amusement park has a rather disconcerting safety record.

Russia Today reports that, in 2010, ten riders on a rocket attraction at the same park were left dangling from a single thread more than 200ft in the air when a cable snapped. See the video below.

And in 2008, a 12-year old girl was seriously injured on a ride at the park in an accident also involving a broken cable.